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									Share an experience in which you've successfully learned how to handle a new piece of equipment? | 
									
										
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									Tell me about a recent experience you've had working with your hands.  | 
									
										
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									Tell me about an experience in which you analyzed information and evaluated results to choose the best solution to a problem. | 
									
										
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									Describe methods you have found effective to inspect sample workpieces to verify conformance with specifications, using instruments such as gauges, micrometers, and dial indicators. | 
									
										
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									Walk me through how you would study blueprints, layouts or charts, and job orders for information on specifications and tooling instructions, and to determine material requirements and operational sequences. | 
									
										
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									How do you stay fit in order to perform physical activities that are required in the workplace? | 
									
										
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									Share an experience when you applied new technology or information in your job. How did it help your company?  | 
									
										
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									What have you found to be the best system to start lath or turning machines and observe operations to ensure that specifications are met? | 
									
										
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									What is the most challenging part of adjusting machine controls and changing tool settings in order to keep dimensions within specified tolerances? | 
									
										
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									Share an experience in which your attention to detail and thoroughness had an impact on your last company.  | 
									
										
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									What kind of experience do you have selecting cutting tools and tooling instructions, according to written specifications or knowledge of metal properties and shop mathematics? | 
									
										
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									Name a time when you cranked machines through cycles, stopping to adjust tool positions and machine controls to ensure specified timing, clearances, and tolerances. | 
									
										
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									Share an effective approach to position, secure, and align cutting tools in toolholders on machines, using hand tools, and verify their positions with measuring instruments. | 
									
										
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									How would you move toolholders manually or by turning handwheels, or engage automatic feeding mechanisms to feed tools to and along workpieces? | 
									
										
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									What is the most challenging part of computing unspecified dimensions and machine settings, using knowledge of metal properties and shop mathematics? | 
									
										
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